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JCPSLP Volume 19, Number 2 2017 57
Shaping innovative services: Reflecting on current and future practice
Welcome to this issue of JCPSLP in which we explore the
topical theme of Shaping innovative services: Reflecting
on current and future practice. In the recent Speech
Pathology 2030 – making futures happen report (Speech Pathology
Australia, 2016), a vision for the profession was shared in which
speech pathologists will be aware, responsive and innovative in
the face of the opportunities and challenges facing the profession,
now and in the future. Specifically, it was identified that speech
pathologists “…will be known for our forward-thinking, innovative
outlook. We will seek out, contribute to and become thought leaders
in the development of new knowledge and technologies with the potential to improve
outcomes in communication, eating, and drinking.” (Speech Pathology Australia, 2016, p.
5). An innovative approach will be integral to advancing each of the eight aspirations that
underpin the 2030 vision: (1) Communication accessible communities; (2) Access for all; (3)
Timely services across the lifespan; (4) Clients and communities driving service provision;
(5) Skilled and confident families and carers; (6) Collaborative professional partnerships;
(7) Quality services, innovation and continual pursuit of knowledge; and (8) Diverse and
dynamic workforce. In this issue, we have the opportunity to highlight the ways in which
speech pathologists are addressing aspiration 7 – quality services, innovation and continual
pursuit of knowledge – within clinical, research and education contexts.
According to the Oxford online dictionary, “to innovate” means to “introduce new things,
ideas or ways of doing something” and it is this understanding that has shaped the collation of
submissions herein. The issue opens with Katina Swan, Rachel Wenke, Marie Hopper and
Melissa Lawrie exploring the expanding role of speech-language pathologists in food services
and how efficiencies may be enhanced through inter-professional engagement and
collaboration. In their article, Samuel Calder and team, consider the practice of language
sampling and reflect on innovative ways to apply established methods within the school
setting in order to enhance intervention planning and outcome measurement. In an effort to
broaden service options for clients and their families, Emily Davis, Jessica Bauer and
Katrina Rohr discuss the ways in which a “Saturday service” practice model may be applied
within a paediatric community health setting. They share insights and considerations helpful
for other speech pathologists looking to expand their service models. In a series of two articles,
Nicole Rappell and colleagues share the outcomes of a mixed methods study looking at the
effectiveness and acceptability of the rolling-group delivery model for the Lidcombe Program
treatment of early years stuttering, within a community health setting. They demonstrate
that a group model of service delivery can be an effective, time saving and viable alternative
to individual treatment in this setting, and outline valuable clinician perspectives that may
assist others to implement similar practice change. In their article, Abigail Lewis and
Joanne MacDonald make a strong case for the need for all practising speech pathologists
to receive regular clinical supervision, particularly in light of the rapidly changing health
landscape. They highlight the need for a best practice approach to supervision to ensure
that speech pathologists remain able to provide high-quality care in the face of new and
emerging practice environments. In the final article, Robyn Johnson and colleagues present
the Capacity Development Facilitation (CDF) framework as a way of enhancing the volume
and quality of speech-language pathology student clinical placements, implemented
through collaborative partnerships between universities and workplaces.
Each author showcases ways in which they have attempted to improve service outcomes
for individuals with communication and or eating and drinking problems across a range of
practice areas and service contexts, through application of a new idea, practice or
collaboration. Also clearly evident in each process is an element of reflection; thinking
carefully and critically about what has come before and what is needed to ensure that
speech pathology services continue to address the current and future needs of clients,
their families and communities. The submissions in this issue, therefore demonstrate that it
is through the nexus of reflective and innovative practice that service change may be
enacted to ensure that all Australians have the right and access to connection, belonging,
participation and self-determination in their daily lives.
References
Speech Pathology Australia. (2016). Speech Pathology 2030 – making futures happen .
Melbourne: Speech Pathology Australia. ISBN-10 1-876705-14-0
From the editor
Leigha Dark
57 From the editor
58 The role of speech-language
pathologists in food services: A
survey – Katina Swan, Rachel Wenke,
Marie Hopper, and Melissa Lawrie
66 Language sample analysis: A
powerful tool in the school setting
– Samuel Calder, Cindy Stirling, Laura
Glisson, Alannah Goerke, Tina
Kilpatrick, Lauren Koch, Anna Taylor,
Robert Wells and Mary Claessen
72 Saturday paediatric speech-
language pathology service – Emily
Davis, Jessica Bauer and Katrina Rohr
76 Rolling-group Lidcombe Program
delivery: A prospective cohort
study in community health settings
– Nicole Rappell, David Schmidt, and
Margaret Rolfe
82 Rolling-group Lidcombe Program:
Perspectives from participant
clinicians in a community-based
cohort study – Nicole Rappell and
David Schmidt
88 Supervision: Vital for speech-
language pathology – Abigail Lewis
and Joanne MacDonald
93 Expanding volume and quality of
clinical placements: The Capacity
Development Facilitation
framework in speech-language
pathology – Robyn Johnson,
Elizabeth Bourne, Lyndal Sheepway,
and Lindy McAllister
100 What’s the evidence? Computer-
based therapy: How does it
compare to clinician-delivered
treatment in aphasia? – Rachel
Wenke and Melissa Lawrie
105 Ethical conversations: Ethics in
clinical practice: An interview with
Dr Brenda Carey, clinician
researcher – Susan Block
107 Webwords 58: Internet resources
– Caroline Bowen
111 Around the journals
112 Resource review
113 Top 10 resources: Supporting
patients with behaviours of concern
(BOC) in an acquired brain injury
unit setting – Delwyne Stephens
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